Deputies: Murder suspect's story of home invasion didn't add up

A 28-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend initially told investigators that she was killed during a home invasion, but his story wasn't consistent with the evidence, court documents show.

John Michael DeJesus is being held in the Orange County Jail on a first-degree murder charge. Deputies said he shot and killed 22-year-old YolizMarie DeJesus Borrero in front of two young children.

John DeJesus said three masked men broke into his home early in the morning, demanding cash, and that’s when a gun went off.

DeJesus said the shooter "looked surprised when the gun went off." Deputies said this account conflicted with his statements that all suspects were wearing masks.

The autopsy report also showed the gunshot was a contact wound, while John DeJesus said the shooter was standing away from YolizMarie DeJesus Borrero.

And perhaps the most incriminating piece of evidence was surveillance footage from a neighbor's home that shows a man wearing the same type of clothes John DeJesus was wearing, jumping a fence to a retention pond and then jumping back over and running down the street.

Divers found a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun in that retention pond, which is believed to be the murder weapon.

Family members told investigators that YolizMarie DeJesus Borrero and John DeJesus were in an abusive relationship and YolizMarie DeJesus Borrero was trying to get out of it.